Chandigarh/Amritsar- In a serious breakthrough amidst the continued drive to make Punjab a drug-free state as per instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border drug smuggling cartel with hyperlinks to Pakistan-based handlers with the arrest of seven accused individuals and recovered 4.075 kg heroin, 1 kg Methamphetamine— generally often known as ICE, and one 9mm Glock pistol from their possession, mentioned DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav right here on Tuesday.
These arrested have been recognized as Judgebir Singh alias Choose (21) of village Jasraur in Amritsar, Jaspal Singh alias Jass (22) of Ajnala in Amritsar, Anmolpreet Singh (19) of village Lopa in Gurdaspur, Harpinder Singh alias Bhinda (32) of village Sandalpur in Gurdaspur, Tarunpreet Singh (20) of village Sandalpur in Gurdaspur, Dawinder Singh alias Bau (33) of village Bua Nangli in Amritsar and Mandeep Singh (24) of village Bua Nangli in Amritsar.
DGP mentioned that preliminary investigation has revealed that the contraband was smuggled from Pakistan and distributed throughout the state by means of native modules guided through social media. Additional investigation is underway to hint ahead and backward linkages on this case, he mentioned.
Sharing operational particulars, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar mentioned that performing on particular and credible intelligence inputs, police groups first apprehended Judgebir Singh alias Choose and recovered 225 grams of heroin from his possession. Sustained interrogation and technical evaluation of digital communication led investigators additional up the availability chain, ensuing within the arrest of his affiliate Jaspal Singh alias Jass, from whom 1.6 kg heroin was recovered.
Persevering with the operation and performing on successive disclosures, police groups additional apprehended Anmolpreet Singh, Harpinder Singh alias Bhinda and Tarunpreet Singh, resulting in the restoration of an extra 2.2 kg heroin from their possession, he mentioned, whereas including that probe has revealed that these accused had been performing as couriers and distributors, working on the specific directions of Pakistan-based handlers who coordinated narcotic drops and circulation throughout districts.
Throughout the identical sustained operation, the CP mentioned that one other arm of the community was uncovered when police, throughout routine patrolling, apprehended Dawinder alias Bau and Mandeep Singh together with a 9MM Glock pistol and a motorbike. Intensive interrogation of the accused led to the restoration of 1 kg ICE from their possession, he mentioned.
CP Gurpreet Bhullar mentioned that background checks additional uncovered the legal antecedents of the arrested accused Judgebir alias Choose is beforehand concerned in an try to homicide case, Jaspal Singh alias Jass is already dealing with prosecution beneath the Arms Act, and Dawinder Singh alias Bau has been dealing with two circumstances beneath NDPS Act. It has additional emerged throughout investigation that accused Dawinder alias Bau had returned to India roughly one and a half years in the past after residing in Dubai for almost ten years, throughout which interval he developed contacts with worldwide drug smugglers, he added.
On this regard, two separate circumstances— FIR No. 272 dated 23-12-2025 beneath sections 21-B, 21-C and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Sadar Amitsar and FIR No. 279 dated 27-12-2025 beneath part 25 of the Arms Act and sections 21-C and 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Cantonment Amritsar— have been registered.
